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Regime demands extradition of media activist Qusai Zakarya
Update: Qusai managed to leave Syria after going through interrogations of regime representatives. Latest update by Michael Weiss. We have already reported on the Syrian-Palestinian media activist Qusai Zakarya from Moadamiya, Damascus. He has been an active voice in the "Break the Siege" campaign to raise awareness of the regime's…
Activist in danger: Qusai Zakarya
We hereby document a statement posted on the Facebook-page "Solidarity with Qusai Zakarya" on January 13th, 2014. Qusai was blogging in English about his experiences during the hunger strike. Adopt a Revolution is working closly with the the media committee in Moadamiya, that documents the planful starvation of the besieged…
Petition for the Protection of the People and Human Rights in Syria
This petition will be delivered to: United Nations 40 percent, 9.3 million of Syria’s 23 million people are in immediate need of assistance, 288,000 people are trapped in areas under government siege in Damascus, over hundred thousand people have died though real number is estimated much higher. We hope UN…
On Hassan Hassan, or the most beautiful place on earth, Yarmouk Camp!
Salim Salameh, 17th December, 2013 A million thanks for the help of Mary Hassan Ali Rizzo in this piece. Whoever tells his story, inherits the land of speech and thus possesses the key to the meaningful. Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Poet I dedicate this text to Hassan's wife, the one who…
A Statement from the Family of Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Razan Zeitouneh
December 15, 2013 In the Name of God It's been six days since our daughter, Razan Zeitouneh, her husband; activist Wael Hamada, activist Samira Khalil and activist Nazim Hamadi were abducted. For six days we have been going through what so many other Syrians have already experienced: the bitterness and…
Catherine Ashton demands release of Razan Zaitouneh
A week ago human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zaitouneh was abducted together with three of the closest collegues from their office in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, close to Damascus. Today, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, demanded her immediate and unconditioned release. In 2011 Razan…
Why the West is Wrong on Syria – Razan Zeitouneh
On 10 December human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zaitouneh was abducted from the office of the Syrian Human Rights Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in Douma, Damascus. We are appalled by this! Not only are we working closely with her for the past two years, but she also is one…
Human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouneh kidnapped
We are working with her since the end of 2011. Last night the human rights lawyer and activists Razan Zaitouneh was kidnapped from her office in Douma, Damascus. In the following we document the statement of the activist network LCC, whos spokesperson Razan is. In the morning of the 10th…
Statement of the UKSS – Kobani and Afrin are under Siege
Kobani and Afrin are under Siege - 51 Kurdish citizens were kidnapped Statement by the Union of Kurdish Students in Syria (UKSS) The Islamic State in Iraq and Sham "ISIS " has imposed blockade on the towns of Kobanî and Afrîn since 03. December 2013, this blockade includes blocking all…
Hunger strike in Moadamyeh: Diary of activist Qusai Zakarya
Day 10: Something Smells Rotten Here in Moadamiya Food cooked by the Fourth Division of Assad’s army, world-famous for their skill in carving human limbs: would you eat it? It’s not a joke: Besides expelling me from town for having Palestinian origin, the regime is actually saying in its underhanded negotiations here in…